Our Focus
Early Childhood Education
ICW focuses on early learning as an investment in workforce development and seeks to drive the national debate about preschool policies and programs, as well as provide information to the business community at the local, state, and national levels.
K-12 Education
ICW is committed to solving the most pressing problems in K-12th grade education, including the persistence of race- and income-based academic achievement gaps at all grade levels and the long-standing dropout crisis plaguing rural and urban high schools.
Postsecondary Education
Even as college attendance is skyrocketing in other parts of the world, many of America's students face economic and educational barriers preventing them from continuing their education past high school. ICW is committed to breaking down these barriers.
Workforce Development
To build a stronger American workforce, ICW partners with cities, school systems, corporations, chambers of commerce, trade associations, and others, assisting them in designing effective business-education partnerships, employee recruitment and mentoring programs, workplace flexibility policies, and more.
Policy
ICW promotes high educational standards and effective workforce training systems so that they are aligned with each other and with today's rigorous business demands.
Leaders and Laggards »
A state-by-state report card reflecting the performance of the 50 states & DC on their K-12 education.
Events »
A Smarter America = A Safer America
June 14, 2012 to June 14, 2012
The United States' failure to educate its students leaves them unprepared to compete and threatens the country's ability to thrive in a global economy and maintain its leadership role, finds the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) report, U.S. Education Reform and National Security. This event will link the business community and their commitment to improving the education system with the global security issues that have been identified.
Leaders and Laggards: A State-by-State Report Card on Public Postsecondary Education
June 19, 2012 to June 19, 2012
ICW will be releasing Leaders and Laggards: A State-by-State Report Card on Public Postsecondary Education at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.